Out With the Old Bed & in With the New

I’m going to Kilkenny on Tuesday to buy a bed. It’s not a new bed, it’s an antique iron frame. I’m quite excited about this trip, it’s been something I’ve wanted to do for an age, three years in fact – not the trip to Kilkenny, I go there quite often as it’s not far.Continue

A Life Less Ordinary – Thoughts on International Women’s Day

That year rolled around faster than ever. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was ruminating about my life and trying to add up my existence and relate it somehow to the celebration of being a woman. This year, I added another female role to my repertoire, that of grandmother, or Nanny, to beContinue

Last Spanish Days and Moonlight Moments

  It’s our last day at Sonora Beach. It’s been a surprisingly lovely epoch in our summer. I guess I didn’t know what to expect, here I was, heading off into the sun. Beaches and beer, cheap wine and beautiful views – this was a given. This I knew. What I hadn’t factored was travellingContinue